A cosmetic change
Like most ALP conferences during the past three decades, the “special”
rules conference held on October 5-6 was a carefully stage managed affair.
It was designed to bolster the image of federal Labor leader Simon
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BY JOHN PILGER
LONDON — If Tony Blair uses the royal prerogative, "the absolute power of kings", to join George Bush's attack on Iraq, he acts in a manner no different, in principle and deed, from Germany's unprovoked attacks that ignited the
BY SARAH STEPHEN
Fifty Australasian Correctional Management guards at Port Hedland immigration detention centre ended a 12-day strike on October 6, after reaching an agreement with ACM management on increased staffing levels during day and night
WOLLONGONG — Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly's OWEN RICHARDS spoke to CHRIS WILLIAMS, the Socialist Alliance's candidate in the October 19 by-election for the federal seat of Cunningham.
What's the focus of the Socialist Alliance campaign?
We want to make
BY ALANA KERR
SYDNEY — The US war on the people of Iraq has persisted since 1991, an October 9 public meeting in Bondi Junction, hosted by the Eastern Sydney branch of the Socialist Alliance, was told.
Layla Mohammad, from the Worker
BY MAX LANE
On October 5, Indonesian police arrested Ricky Tamba, secretary-general of the Popular Youth Movement (GPK), an urban poor youth organisation that acts in political solidarity with the Peoples Democratic Party (PRD).
Tamba was
BY STUART MARTIN
MELBOURNE — On October 4, the Federal Court handed down its judgement on the dispute over control of the Victorian branch of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union. The decision was not a clear victory for either the
"Religion is the heart of a heartless world",Marx said, resolving some confusion.If we change society, transform the system,we won't need those old illusions.
The Body of Christ will become wafer againand His Blood will be drunk at our
BY ALEX MILNE & KIM HALPIN
ALICE SPRINGS — For three days from October 5, activists from across Australia converged on the US-controlled military spy base at Pine Gap. More than 300 people made the journey to voice their anger at the Australian
BY IAN BOLAS
It is no secret that for a long time the socialist left has suffered
through being fragmented into lots of little groups, all of which had appointed
themselves the vanguard, but none of which have demonstrated a capacity
to
BY ROHAN PEARCE
The main argument made by the US government to justify its planned invasion of Iraq is that, as George Bush told reporters at a March 13 press conference: "[Iraq] is a nation run by a man who is willing to kill his own people by
BY EVA CHENG
Thousands of people took part in rallies, public meetings and marches across India on September 28 to protest against new attacks on Muslims by Hindu chauvinists in the state of Gujarat. The largest protests were held in Ahmedabad,
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